Parties & PeopleXXL: Bearpride 2014

XXL: Bearpride 2014

24/05/14: What a Beartastic time to be alive! Bear-ded tranny wins Eurovision, Prince Charles gets Bearish with a Russian bully bear and an NFL footbear comes out at the start of his career instead of at the end. And it’s only May!

To celebrate these milestones, Big Bear Mark Ames threw the whole damn pot o’ honey into the woods and let the herd loose in a Saturday night tug-n-hug in aid of MildMay HIV charity.

Otters, cubs, wolves, silverbacks and a few Bigfoots let their (back) hair down and shook that bowl full o’ jelly ’til it turned into jam. DJs Mr. Ames, Christian M., Stuart Styles, Joe Egg, Andy Almighty and Cathill seared their brand onto grade ‘A’ beef packing every steer in the pen onto 3 dance floors in a 12-hour party!

Q-Cleaners owner and philanthropist Carlos Feitoza and fashion photographer bf Dan had “the time of their lives”, especially Dan at his first-time among the wolfpack.

Leather, denim and fur expert, designer Jean-Paul Gautier and friend popped in from his current Barbican exhibition to pick up some fashion tips for the plus-sized male. “Flannel? Merci, non!”

Our li’l Goldilocks ate from every bowl of porridge, each one just right. When our tummies were full we chillaxed on the super-sized sofas in the ambient day-glo of grandma’s house. “My Granny, what a big bulge you have!”

Feeling peckish, we ventured into the gingerbread house in the woods and nibbled on some toasty gingerbread men, warm and moist from the oven, yum! (I found a couple hairs in mine but who’s complaining!)

Bearpride! Fashionistas! XXL has outdone itself!

Pulse, 1 Invicta Plaza, Southwark, SE1 9UF
Words by Tom Redkid
Photos by Mark Storey

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